Kisna 2005

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Topic: Film "Kisna" (2005).
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Title: Kisna or Kisna: The Warrior Poet.
Year: 2005.
Release Date: 01/21/2005 (IN).
Genre: Romance, Drama, Period Romance.
Language: Hindi.
Director/Writer/Producer/Editor: Subhash Ghai.
Cast: Vivek Oberoi (title role), Antonia Bernath, Isha Sharvani.
Setting: India in the 1930s during the nationalist movement for independence from the British.
Plot: Kisna, a young Indian, befriends and shields a British girl named Katherine from an enraged mob of nationalists. This mob includes Kisna's own uncle and brother. Katherine is the daughter of a ruthless British collector. Kisna escorts Katherine to the British High Commission in New Delhi to arrange for her to board a ship home. A tender attraction develops between Kisna and Katherine.
Runtime: 2h 50m.